Musical instrument component
Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
Production date
circa 1814
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Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 9.5 x W: 8.7 x D: 1.7cm (H: 95 x W: 87 x D: 17mm)
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Credit line
Purchase, 1992
Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Violoncello accessories, 1814
Description
Violoncello. Cello with some modern repairs together with bow, 16 minor spare items contained in wooden carry case: Handwritten inscription inside cello belly reads "Thos. Kennedy / Maker, / 16 Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital / London 1814". On back of the scroll are the initials "FD" roughly scratched into the varnish. Stamp "GOULDING" below the button on the upper back.
It is believed that this cello belonged to Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie, who lived in New South Wales during her husband's governorship from 1810 - 1822. Before leaving the colony and returning to England in February 1822, Mrs Macquarie gave the violoncello to her friends Captain John Piper and his wife with a note saying that she hoped it would 'sound well' in their Point Piper residence Henrietta Villa (which they had previously named in Mrs Macquarie's honour). The Pipers frequently hosted large parties and banquets and their home was considered the focus of fashionable (if not always respectable) society in the colony.
(Piper Papers, Mitchell Library A254, pp533-4 Elizabeth Macquarie to Mrs Piper)
It is believed that this cello belonged to Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie, who lived in New South Wales during her husband's governorship from 1810 - 1822. Before leaving the colony and returning to England in February 1822, Mrs Macquarie gave the violoncello to her friends Captain John Piper and his wife with a note saying that she hoped it would 'sound well' in their Point Piper residence Henrietta Villa (which they had previously named in Mrs Macquarie's honour). The Pipers frequently hosted large parties and banquets and their home was considered the focus of fashionable (if not always respectable) society in the colony.
(Piper Papers, Mitchell Library A254, pp533-4 Elizabeth Macquarie to Mrs Piper)
Accession number
MOS93/2-5
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